{"id":16294,"date":"2018-04-19T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/?p=16294"},"modified":"2018-04-19T16:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:37:42","slug":"maryville-high-school-student-receives-trustee-scholarship-to-tusculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/admission\/2018\/maryville-high-school-student-receives-trustee-scholarship-to-tusculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryville High School student receives Trustee Scholarship to Tusculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Church, a senior at Maryville High School, has been named one of only two recipients of the Tusculum Trustee Honors Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Church will be one the first two students to receive the full-tuition Trustee Scholarship that is designed to help academically motivated students have a new opportunity to eliminate tuition expenses.<\/p>\n<p>He is the son of Paige and Keith Church and has a brother Reuben, a sophomore at Maryville High.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying, interested and academically motivated students, may apply for the Trustee Honors Scholarship, which is awarded annually. This is a highly competitive, full-tuition scholarship which will be awarded to no more than two students in each incoming class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the Trustee Honors Scholarship, students with high academic achievement have the opportunity to attend Tusculum with no out-of-pocket tuition expenses,\u201d said Dr. Paul Pinckley, vice president of enrollment management, marketing and financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>Church is planning on majoring in nursing and then continuing on to the Master of Science in Nursing, family nurse practitioner program for graduate school. He has planned on the health care field for a long time and just recently passed the exam to become a Certified Nursing Assistant through a program at Maryville High.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis scholarship is a big help financially, and I probably wouldn\u2019t have been able to attend Tusculum without it,\u201d said Church. \u201cTusculum is everything I was looking for in a school \u2013 close to home, the campus is beautiful and they have a strong nursing program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be considered for this prestigious scholarship, prospective students will need to complete the following steps: maintain a high school grade-point average of 3.5 or higher; attain a composite score of at least 25 on the ACT or 1150 on the SAT; rank in the top 10 percent of high school graduating class; complete the general Tusculum application for admission and submit supporting documentation for that application;<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying students will also participate in Tusculum\u2019s Honors Program, which focuses on promoting cross-discipline dialogue between students and allowing participants to create a personalized plan of study that will lead to unique experiences designed to benefit students\u2019 individual goals.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Melissa Ripley, executive director of enrollment management and traditional admission at 423.636.7374 or email <a href=\"mailto:mripley@tusculum.edu\">mripley@tusculum.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16295\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16295\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16295\" src=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb-120x70.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb-100x58.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RileyChurchScholarshipweb-50x29.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, seated are Paige Church, Riley Church, Dr. James Hurley and Keith Church. 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